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  • Bulgaria 2010A week with sun and bath and a day trip to the wonderful town of Nesebar. ==Albena & Balchik== This summer I took my children to the Bulgarian Black Sea coast for a week of Posted by Sandalsand in Sandalsand | Aug 13, 2010
  • 1986 - Europe by double decker bus (Part 4 - The Balkans) Wednesday 4 June - An early start for the border crossing into Turkey. Drove to Gallipoli. We visited a number of the cemeteries and spent most of the afternoon there. I was on Posted by nzhamsta in Glynn's travel blog | Jun 12, 1986
  • 4th August 2011Terrible night's sleep due to the humidity and the traffic outside. Still, we managed to drag ourselves out of bed in the morning to go and explore Plovidv. After finding a map we set of for the Roman amphitheatre, the Posted by kimdanny in Kim and Danny 2011 | Aug 5, 2011
  • 3rd August 2011We escaped the horrible caravan park and drove to Rila Monastery, tucked away deep in the mountains. We had beautiful scenery on our drive, although some trying roads full of turns and potholes. The monastery was amazing, and well worth Posted by kimdanny in Kim and Danny 2011 | Aug 5, 2011
  • 2nd August 2011So today we explored Sofia, although there really wasn't much to explore. They have one main street, paved with yellow bricks, which contains most of the sights (the “nice” buildings), and one other main street which is full of retail Posted by kimdanny in Kim and Danny 2011 | Aug 5, 2011
  • BulgariaBulgaria, home of the Black Sea and more weightlifters per capita than any other country (we just made that one up), was border crossing number fourteen. Leaving Turkey would have been confusing for even the smartest of cookies, it was Posted by Ange and Adam in Ange and Adam's European Adventure | Aug 2, 2011
  • 1st August 2011This morning we walked up to the fortress, the major site in town. The fortress was a lot bigger than we expected. We walked around most of the outer walls, until they no longer existed. Most of the site just Posted by kimdanny in Kim and Danny 2011 | Aug 2, 2011
  • 31st July 2011The traffic wasn't too bad leaving Bucharest, despite driving through the middle of the city. Initially our Garmin told us it would take us 11 hours to get to Veliko Tarnovo, in Bulgaria, which was ridiculous as it is only Posted by kimdanny in Kim and Danny 2011 | Aug 2, 2011
  • SofiaWe are now here in.... Sofia! What a rhyme. It took no less than 3 trains and 28 hours to get us from split to sofia. The first of which started well, we had no intention of sleeping only reading and Posted by davidt.ontour in European Adventure | Jul 3, 2011
  • Hotel Renaissance - PlovdivPlovdiv, Bulgaria April 10-12, 2011 We have been traveling since the first of the year; this was a welcome stay. If all our lodgings and hosts were like the "Hotel Renaissance" and Dimitar, we might travel indefinitely. Dimitar was an excellent host, Posted by bradanddeb in Brad and Deb: RTW 2011 | Apr 15, 2011
  • Finding Scenes for a Thriller in Sofia, BulgariaA lot more information is forthcoming, but in the meantime here are some pictures from the trip... [img=http://ph Posted by AC Frieden in The Frieden Trails | Oct 11, 2010
  • Varna IINow i am really feeling the reality of being a foreigner in a foreign country. English is not nearly as prominent here and i can't understand any signs or attempt to speak the language because words are written in the Posted by NWMark in Europe/Middle East Trip 2010 | Oct 4, 2010
  • Bulgaria Posted by shopska in Shopska | Oct 1, 2010
  • Varna Just made it to Varna, Romania, located on the Black Sea, after 2 days of train rides. Trains move a lot slower in the less developed E. Europe and going through Serbia was tricky because people try to smuggle Posted by NWMark in Europe/Middle East Trip 2010 | Oct 1, 2010
  • Day 37. BulgariaWe left Istanbul and had a really difficult border crossing into Bulgaria. We even had to unload the suitcases to get x-rayed. We stayed in the city of Sofia. Our hotel was awesome, very spacious, and had cable tv. I Posted by AKISSA in Contiki European Ultimate 2010 | Jun 2, 2010
  • Nessebur, BulgariaWe were tendered to shore today – first time so far; but more to come. Tendering is using the little red side boats for transport. In an emergency they are then called life boats! The tenders drop us off at The Posted by dpedler in MV Discovery - 2009 | Aug 31, 2010
  • From the Bulgarian sea to Veliko turnovoTuesday 6th July Decided today to head away from our beautiful beach location, as it was about time we continued our journey. We headed up the track for the final time and out onto the road, stopping at the petrol Posted by marklorna in Mark and Lorna's European Adventure | Aug 25, 2010
  • Rila Monastery and SofiaHi everyone! Still here in Sofia, waiting to take our night train. On our second day in Sofia we decided to escape the city and go on the hostel tour to the Rila monastery. We almost went there on our own Posted by wetabixkid in Travelling Therapists | Jul 13, 2010
  • First day in sofia and free pasta and beerWe finally made it to sofia after that long train ride. We were extremely disoriented upon getting here and although we saw the tram we had to take to get to our hostel we decided to treat ourselves and Posted by stanncie in Travelling Therapists | Jul 12, 2010
  • From the Mountains to the Black sea coast Friday 25th June Headed for a short walk around the hamlet, seemed a great place to live overlooking the hills in every direction. We then headed back to the main road and set off towards the sea, although we decided to Posted by marklorna in Mark and Lorna's European Adventure | Jul 8, 2010
  • From Melnik to the Rhodopi Mountains via Plovdiv, Bulgaria.Sunday 20th June Woke up with a slight hangover to a car park with a coach load of tourists and some stalls set up. We decided to head off back into the village of Melnik to take a look around. It Posted by marklorna in Mark and Lorna's European Adventure | Jul 8, 2010
  • From Greece to Melnik, Bulgaria Saturday 19th June Woke up to Glorious sunshine and no trace of the storm last night, apart from our wet items that we stuck out to dry. In no time though the items had dried. Although the beach location was Posted by marklorna in Mark and Lorna's European Adventure | Jul 8, 2010
  • Blast from the Soviet PastSome clues as to my whereabouts this past weekend: Vladimir Lenin, Adolf Hitler, orthodox churches, pork saucisson, Russian dolls, Faberge eggs, Soviet monuments, an Easter fixation, and a honky tonk train. [img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/26 Posted by erehel in Unleashed from the coop | Apr 2, 2010
  • Train ache Thirteen hours on a train is never an enjoyable experience, thirteen hours on a train that catches fire even less so. Is it a bit smoky in here? I thought to myself Posted by kookie888 in Right Foot Forward | Jan 29, 2010
  • Its Just So SovietI arrived in Veliko Turnova here to stay at the same hostel chain and was hoping it would be as good as its big brother hostel. Sadly it wasn't quite up to the same standard and whilst still good it Posted by rhinoc in Trav vs. The World | Dec 7, 2009
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